Nepal PM visits Kutch to see quake rehab work

Bhuj

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, who is in India as his first foreign visit, today arrived here to see this district bordering Pakistan which has seen excellent rehabilitation work after a devastating earthquake in 2001 quite similar to the one that hit his country last year.

The Nepal Prime Minister accompanied by his wife Radhika Sakya, Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa, Finance Minister Vishnuprasad Paudel, Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Basnet and several top bureaucrats and officials of the Nepal Government, was briefed about the rehabilitation efforts undertaken by the Gujarat government.

The rehab work in Bhuj and other areas of the Kutch district following the mass destruction by the January 26, 2001 earthquake was also explained to the visiting team through an audio-visual presentation by officials of the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority and Bhuj Area Development Authority.

Governor O P Kohli and and Minister in-charge of Kutch district Shanker Chaudhary were also present on the occasion.

GSDMA chief executive officer Mrs Anju Sharma and former CEO P K Mishra explained the nitty gritty of the relief operation to the Nepali PM. The Nepalese delegation also visited the Civil Hospital which was badly affected owing to the quake and a rehabilitation site in Bhimasar.

– DeshGujarat